Karl Henry

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Karl Henry

Dr Tadhg Crowley, GP, chair of the IMO GP committee and associate professor at University College Dublin, joins me on this week’s episode of the Real Health podcast. The big thing I wanted to get out of this conversation was whether the health claims about saunas were backed up by medical research. The GP told me, “In terms of some of the research that's out there, they've looked at it affecting mental health, affecting lung diseases, arthritis, and there are various studies.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Karl Henry

Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan, consultant neurologist, neurophysiologist, and author of the Age of Diagnosis, joins me on this week’s episode of the Real Health podcast. I was interested in finding out what led the neurologist to write a book on overdiagnosis. She told me: “I've been a doctor for nearly 35 years, and in that time, I have just seen a growth in the number of young people coming to me with like 10, 15 diagnoses.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Karl Henry

Mairéad O'Driscoll, professional tax advisor AKA The Tax Nerd joins me on this week’s episode of The Real Health podcast to demystify tax. One of the items I wanted to get to is medical expenses and it turns out you can claim back a lot. The Tax Nerd told me, “If you have any health expenses, you're entitled to 20% of the cost back. It's on obvious things like going to the GP for checkups, hospital visits but you also get it on monthly prescriptions.

2 months ago | independent.ie | Karl Henry

What can we do today, to improve tomorrow? Dr Mark Rowe, author, family doctor with an expertise in burnout prevention and lifestyle medicine, public speaker, and host of the podcast In the Doctor’s Chair, joins me on this week’s episode of the Real Health podcast to discuss his new book Things your future self will thank you for. I began by asking the lifestyle medicine expert about what we can do to safeguard our future health.

Mar 13, 2025 | independent.ie | Karl Henry

What is an eating disorder? How are they treated? And why should nutrition be part of school curriculums? Aveen Bannon, registered dietitian, joins me on this week’s episode of The Real Health podcast. The dietitian spoke about two times in a woman’s life when she notices an increase in risk factors for disordered eating. She says, “There are two times, and they are linked to hormonal changes in the body, they are when a woman is going through puberty and going into menopause”.